10-letter words containing p, a, l, e, h
- peach-blow — a delicate purplish pink.
- pebbledash — to cover with a finish for external walls consisting of small stones embedded in plaster
- pedophilia — sexual desire in an adult for a child.
- pentathlon — an athletic contest comprising five different track and field events and won by the contestant gaining the highest total score.
- perihelial — the point in the orbit of a planet or comet at which it is nearest to the sun.
- peripheral — pertaining to, situated in, or constituting the periphery: peripheral resistance on the outskirts of the battle area.
- perishable — subject to decay, ruin, or destruction: perishable fruits and vegetables.
- petrolhead — a person who is excessively interested in or is devoted to travelling by car
- ph balance — a method of expressing the degree of acidity or alkalinity of a solution
- phaelonion — an item of religious clothing, worn in the Eastern Church, and taking the form of a garment without sleeves for the upper body, rather like a chasuble
- phalangeal — of or relating to a phalanx.
- pharyngeal — of, relating to, or situated near the pharynx.
- phase rule — a law that the number of degrees of freedom in a system in equilibrium is equal to two plus the number of components less the number of phases. Thus, a system of ice, melted ice, and water vapor, being one component and three phases, has no degrees of freedom. Compare variance (def 4).
- phenolated — containing phenol; carbolated.
- phenomenal — highly extraordinary or prodigious; exceptional: phenomenal speed.
- phenoplast — phenolic resin.
- pheromonal — relating to or constituting a pheromone
- philatelic — the collecting of stamps and other postal matter as a hobby or an investment.
- philoxenia — an act of hospitableness and welcome
- phlebogram — venogram.
- phlegmasia — a condition characterized by swelling, pain, and redness
- phlegmatic — not easily excited to action or display of emotion; apathetic; sluggish.
- phloem ray — a vascular ray extending into or located entirely within the secondary phloem.
- phocomelia — a usually congenital deformity of the extremities in which the limbs are abnormally short.
- phokomelia — a usually congenital deformity of the extremities in which the limbs are abnormally short.
- phone call — telephone call
- phone mail — voice mail
- phonetical — Also, phonetical. of or relating to speech sounds, their production, or their transcription in written symbols.
- phraseless — lacking in a phrase or phrases
- phrensical — frenzical; frenzied
- phylactery — Judaism. either of two small, black, leather cubes containing a piece of parchment inscribed with verses 4–9 of Deut. 6, 13–21 of Deut. 11, and 1–16 of Ex. 13: one is attached with straps to the left arm and the other to the forehead during weekday morning prayers by Orthodox and Conservative Jewish men.
- phylloxera — any of several plant lice of the genus Phylloxera, especially P. vitifoliae (grape phylloxera) which attacks the leaves and roots of grapevines.
- pileorhiza — a calyptra
- pitch lake — a deposit of natural asphalt in SW Trinidad, West Indies. 114 acres (47 hectares).
- planchette — a small, heart-shaped board supported by two casters and a pencil or stylus that, when moved across a surface by the light, unguided pressure of the fingertips, is supposed to trace meaningful patterns or written messages revealing subconscious thoughts, psychic phenomena, clairvoyant messages, etc.
- plate shop — a shop for cold-forming metal plates.
- play house — to pretend in child's play to be grown-up people with the customary household duties
- ploughable — able to be ploughed
- ploughgate — a measurement of ploughable land
- ploughhead — the draught iron of a plough
- polychaete — any annelid of the class Polychaeta, having unsegmented swimming appendages with many setae or bristles.
- polyhalite — a type or pink or red mineral
- polyhedral — of, relating to, or having the shape of a polyhedron.
- pre-launch — preparatory to launch, as of a spacecraft.
- preholiday — relating to the period before a holiday
- punishable — liable to or deserving punishment.
- push plate — a rectangular protective plate of metal, plastic, ceramic, or other material applied vertically to the lock stile of a door.
- rhizoplane — the part of the root of a plant that is near the soil surface
- sarcophile — a flesh-eating animal, especially the Tasmanian devil.
- scapewheel — escape wheel.